Railway-tie.



D. G. PRIGE.

RAILWAY TIE.

APPLICATION FILED :BB. 3, 1911.

Patent ed Apr; 4, 1911.

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DAVIS 'eanwoon rmcn, or new onnnnns, LOUISIANA, .assmnortorbnE-nALr T0 CAR-STEIN n. TORJTlSElT, or new cancers. Louisiana.

RAILWAY'TIE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. -21-, 1911.

Application filed February 3, 1911. Serial No. Gilt-3,387.

T '0 an whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DAVIS Gamvoo'o PRICE, citizen of the United States, residing .at- New Orleans in the parish of Orleans and 'State of Louisiana, have invented new and useful Improvements in Railway-Ties, of which the following is a specification.

I My present invention pertains to railway ties of the composition type; and it consists in the peculiar and adi-aiitagemis composition tie hereinafter described and particularly pointed out in the claimsappended.

In the drawings act-ompartying and torming part of this specification: Figure l is a plan view illustrating adjoining tics constructed. in accordance with my invention, and also illustrating a rail properly arranged on and connected with the ties. Fig. 2 is a section taken in the plane indicated by the line 22 of Fig. 1, looking in the direction of the arrows. Fig. 3 is a section taken at a right angle to Fig. 2, and in the plane indicated by the line 3-3 of Fig. 1,

and showing the wood core partly in elevationz' Fig. 4.- is a perspective view illustrative of the body of one tie and the parts permanently fixed therein.

Similar letters designate corresponding parts in all of the-views of the drawings, referring to which:

A. A are tics designed to be relatively arrai'iged as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. The said ties are identical in construction, and theretore a detailed description of theone shown at the top of Fig. 1 and in Figs. 3 and 4; will suffice to impart. a definite understand ing of the plurality. The tie mentioned comprises a body'of concrete or other suitable plastic material, a core 13 of wood embedded in and forming a permanent part of the tie, and bolts O which also form a permanent part of the tie and are ,desi 'ned forthe fastening of rails to the tie in manner hereinafter'set forth.

D in' Figs. 3 and l designates the concrete or plastic body referred to, and it will be readily understood as comprising a major portion a and arms I) and 0' reaching at rightangles from opposite sides of the ma or portion a and at points adjacent the ends thereof. The said arms I; and 0 have how eled ends (I! which are preferably, though. not necessarily, arrzlngcd as shown in Figs. 1., 2 and 4. In the uppersides'ot' the major portion a and arms 6 and c, are grooves e which extend in the same (lll'tr-tf'lfill as the arms and are each arr go between two of the bolts C. The sun grooves c are designed to-reccive a strip it), of wood, and a rail F; the said rail lit-iiiig superposed on the wood strip Fl which has for its otlice to prevent the. transmissimi of shock and to the concrete or plastic body, as ivell as to form a cushion or elastic support for the rail.

shown in Fig. 3, the heads of the bolts (l are arranged. in the wood core B and flush with the underside otthc said core. By virtue oi. this the core 13 serves to form a cushion for the heads of the bolts and in that, way prevents the said heads from grinding or (.lisintegrating the concrete or other plastic materialcomprised in the body I), and becoming loose. I would also have it understood at this point that the wood core l3 servos incidental to the production of the tie as a tcmplet for holding the bolts in proper position in the mold, and that subsequent to the production of the tie, the wood core serves to reinforce and lend in creased strength to the concrete or plastic body, as well to securely hold the bolts C in said body.

By reference toFigs. l and 2, it will be understood that by reason of the arms I) and c of adjoining tics being beveled and relatively arranged so that the ties mate or match,'the tics cannot tip or turn vertically;

but areheld-down in perfectly level position.

It will also be noted that the joints between adjoining ties are broken, and hence the support afforded tothe rails by the plurality of ties is smooth and continuous.

After the ties are laid, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the wood strip E is placed in thc alined grooves of the ties, a-nd'the rail'is superposed on the strip and so that the rail base rests partly at leastiii-the said alined grooves. Then clamping plates (it are placed-0n the bolts 0 and over the rail base, and are secured in such position by nuts ll or other suitable means. -When the strip Eandrail F are fastened as stated in the 'alined grooves of adjoining ties, the said strip and rail'will obviously prevent endwise movement of either tie with respectto the other. i v

l have illustrated the connection ofbut one strip E and but one rail F to the ties elaini and desire but it will be understood that the other strip and rail will be arranged and connected in the same manner.

The opposite beveling of the ends of the arms I) and c, as best shown in Fig. 4:, is advantageous, inasmuch as one end of one arm a is enabled to prevent upward movement of the tie While the end of the arm Z) at the same side of the major portion a is enabled to prevent downward movement of the tie, while the end of the other arm 0 is enabled to prevent downward movement of the tie, and the end of the arm I) at the same side of the major portion a as the last mentioned arm 0 is enabled to prevent upward movement of the tie.

Having described my invention, What 1 cnt, is:

- 1=. NrailWay tie, comprising a body of plastic material having a major portion and arnis extending in opposite directions from the sides of said major-portion at points adjacent the ends thereof and terminating in beveled ends, and also having grooves in the upper side of the major portion and the arms and extending in the direction of the length of the latter; a core embedded in and extendinglengthwise of the major portion of the body; 'andbolts having heads to secure by Letters latsecured in the said core, said bolts extending above the body at o posite sides of the grooves in the upper side thereof.

2. A railway tie, comprising a majorpon tion adapted to be placed crosswise oif'a rail way, and arms extending in opposite directions' from the sides ofsaid major portion at points adjacent the ends thereof and terminating in beveled ends.

3. In a railway, the combination of ties respectively comprising a major portion ex tending crosswise of the railway, and arins extending from opposite sides of the major portion at points adjacent the ends thereof and terminating in beveled ends; said ties being arranged .With the beveled ends of their arms matched or mated, and each tie being provided in its upper side with a groove that is alined with a similar groove in the other, a rail arranged in the alined grooves, and means fastening the rail to the ties. 1

In testimony whereof I have hereunto setmy hand in presence of two subscribing wit.-

nesses.

DAVIS G-AIWVOOD PRICE. Witnesses A. Fisonnn, Geo. H. KENT. 

